THE SNATCH THIEF

STORY

When Miguel, a moped robber, snatches the purse from an old woman, he ends up injuring her badly. Unable to forget about his victim, the young man is looking for a way to ease his guilt.

CAST

CAST：Sergio Prina, Liliana Juáre z, Zelarrayán, Daniel Elias, Camila Plaate, Pilar Benitez Vibart, Mirella Pascual

SCRIPT WRITER :Agustín Toscano / PRODUCERS: Natacha Cervi, Hernán Musaluppi, Georgina Baisch, Cecilia Salim / ASSOCIATED PRODUCER: Laurent Lavolé (Gloria Films) / CO-PRODUCERS: Diego Robino Picón, Santiago López / CINEMATOGRAPHER :Arauco Hernández Holz / PRODUCTION DESIGN AND COSTUMES: Gonzalo Delgado Galiana / EDITOR: Pablo Barbieri / SOUND DESIGN: Catriel Vildosola / MUSIC: Maxi Prietto

DIRECTOR : Agustín Toscano
Argentina, Uruguay, France / 2018 / 95min / Color / DCP / JPN & ENG Sub.

ORIGINAL TITLE : El Motoarrebatador / LANGUAGE : Spanish
World premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2017 Director’s Fortnight

DIRECTOR

Agustín Toscano

Born in 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán. He’s an actor, screenwriter and director of theatre and film. He studied in the National University of Tucumán, in the Theatre Career, and in the School of Cinema Video and Television of the University of Tucumán. His first feature film, “THE OWNERS”, codirected with Ezequiel Radusky, had its premiere in the 52nd Semaine de la Critique in 2013, where it got a Special Mention from the jury. The film also won the 2014 Silver Condor Award for Best First Work given by the Association of Cinematographic Reporters of Argentina. ” THE SNATCH THIEF” is Toscano’s second feature.